YouTube is Testing New Video Quality Settings Where You Don't Directly Set the Resolution

I of the first things I usually detect myself doing when I sentinel a YouTube video on my phone is ensuring the video quality is set to 1080p (or 720p in some cases). Nonetheless, a new YouTube test hints that the company might be thinking of changing how video quality preferences show upwards within the YouTube app in order to simplify the bill of fare a bit.

In the test, irresolute the quality of a video presents you with four simpler options:

Auto
College moving picture quality
Data Saver
Avant-garde

This seems more than in line with popular streaming services such every bit Prime Video and Netflix and is clearly meant as a way to aid users choose video quality without worrying about what 1080p, 4K, etc mean.

There is still an 'Advanced' option which will permit yous cull the resolution you lot want to stream the video at, so users like you and I can even so choose to watch something at 1080p, or 4K if you accept the display for it.

Information technology'due south noteworthy that these changes only apply to the electric current video you're watching, but there's also a new 'Video Quality Preferences' setting in YouTube settings where you tin can alter your video quality preferences for all videos you lot watch in the YouTube app.

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The examination is reportedly available for some users in YouTube beta v15.45.32. Unfortunately, the test isn't showing up on our phones here so it could also be a region-specific test as of now. Information technology remains to exist seen whether Google will eventually requite it a wider scroll-out.

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